RICHARD JONES

The Welsh ancestors were ancient Britons who'd escaped the Roman and Saxon conquests and maintained their freedom, customs and language until the latter part of the 13th century when they surrendered to Edward I. The Welsh bards, one of whom was Cadwallan, kept alive the spirit of freedom and independence by songs which regalled the heroic achievements of their fathers. Their influence was so great that the King ordered these minstrels to be massacred whenever they were discovered. Cadwallader was an ancient titled family in Wales which claimed family ties with the royal family of Plantagenets and was mentioned in various correspondence occurring during the 1300s in England. The armorial bearings of Richard Jones can be traced to those of Jones or Johns of Gothkenan, County of Denby, Wales. (Burke's Heraldry). Per bend sinister ermine ermines, a lion rampant within a brodure engrailed, or. Cres., a lion's head erased, per pale, ar, and sa.

Richard Jones descends from the ancient family in Wales. The name of Jones was originally John. Before surnames were used in Wales, ap--son of-- was used. Thomas ap Hugh, of Wales, had two sons, Cadwallader ap Thomas, and John ap Thomas. The first son had borne to him a son which was named John, which became known as Robert Jones Thus, the descendants of Thomas, John and Robert all had different surnames. There was a Cadwallader Jones who immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1698, was frequently on the high seas because he was a trader in the West Indies and died unmarried while on such a voyage.
Richard Jones, a London Merchant, was married to Mrs. Lady Anne Jeffries of the manor of Ley in Devonshire, England. He brought his family to America and settled in Brandon's Hundred in King George County, Virginia.
An early deed is found of Richard Jones, London Merchant, of the Parish of Merchants, Brandon, Prince George County, Virginia, to William Blakley of the Parish of Wallingford in James City County, Virginia, for 30,000 pds. of tobacco.

Cavaliers and Pioneers by Nell Marion Nugent:

6 April 1654, Richard Jones was granted 288 acres in James City County for transporting 6 persons, land being locate westerly on John Merryman, southerly on M--Vermer, easterly on William Smith's Swamp, and northerly on Nicholas Bush.

In an old survey book of Charles City County, Virginia, there are several plats of land surveyed by Robert Bolling for the Jones' families, dated October 1719, among which are Peter Jones, one for 393 acres of land lying on both sides of Great Creek of Nottoway River below the land of Thomas Jones, the son of Capt. Richard Jones; and one for 333 acres lying on the northside of the Nottoway River and the water courses of Greek Creek.

Capt. Richard Jones and Lady Jefferies had issue:

I. Thomas Jones.

II. Cadwallader Jones, the eldest son, was born in 1602, died in Stafford Co., Virginia. He was listed as being age 22 in 1624, in the Muster of Inhabitants of Neck of land near James City County, Virginia. Cadwallader was the heir to the Lordship and manor but sold his inheritance to Sir Knights, the Alderman of London, by a deed dated 1681 in Rappahanock County, Virginia (Virginia Historical Magazine). He arrived in Virginia in 1623 in the ship "Marmaduke" and was known as a fur trader and is credited with naming the Appalachian Mountains. He was Lieutenant-Colonel of Stafford's Militia in 1680 and Governor of the New Providence in the Bhamas 1689-1692. While Governor charges were made against him causing his removal in 1697. The following year he was appointed Attorney General of South Carolina, and Chief Justice in 1712. He had one son, Frederick Jones.

III. Major Peter Jones died in Malvern Hill, Henrico Co., Virginia. He was a resident of Charles City County in 1657 when he was named as Captain in command of troops (11 June 1657). Before that, he had a trading station at the present site of Petersburg.

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Charles City Co. Records 1655-1666...."Capt. Peter Jones have ye conduct and command of ye particular company belonging to Coll. Abraham Wood and certify the same and he have power to command as it is or shall be directed by the laws of ye Country or by ye Collonell."

Charles City Co. Records 1655-1666, p. 102. At a Meeting of the Militia at Merchants Hpe (24 June 1657), it was ordered that "Capt. Peter Jones have ye conduct and command of the particular company belonging to Coll. Abraham Wood, Esq. and exervise the same and the like power and command as it or shall be directed by ye laws of this Country or the said Collonnell."

Charles City Co. Records 1655-1666: " By the Governor and Capt. Generall of Virginia. To all whom these shall concerne, Know ye that I, Francis Moryson, Esq. Govnor and Capt. Genall of Virginia have authorized and empowered Coll. Abraham Wood, Lt. Coll. Thomas Drewe, Major William Harris, Capt. John Epes, Capt. William Farrar, Capt. Peter Jones, Capt. Edd. Hill, Jr. and Capt. Francis Gray to be Commanders of ye Regiment of the Trayned lands in the counties of Henrico and Charles City, and Capt. Thomas Stegge to be Commander of all the horse listed in the troops to be raised in the said Counties for the exercise of which power according to the order made att a meeting of the Councill at James Citty ye 12th of June last this shall be their sufficient power and warrant until a formal and full Comicon be granted to them Particularly. Given the fourth of July 1661."

Then, at a meeting of the Militia at Westover on 12 July 1661, Col. Abraham Wood ordered that the companies be apportioned and distinguished as follows: Capt. Peter Jones his companie to be from ye Cittie Creeke to ye falls of Appomattox river on the South side, and from Powells Creeke to the said falls on the North side."

The Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography (1915), Vol. 1, p. 268 states that Peter Jones was a Major in command of a fort near the fall of the Appomattox in 1674; and that he was the grandfather of Peter Jones for whom Petersburg was named; that the latter, whose father of the same name died in 1721; was captain and major of Prince George Militia; that he died in Amelia County in 1754.

About 1675 Major Peter Jones was appointed the captain of a company which was organized the defend against the Indians and was stationed at Fort Henry, on the land upon which Petersburg, Virginia now stands. At that time the land was owned by General Abram Wood, a person of great importance for that era. General Wood represented Appamatuche County (as it was then called) from 1644 to 1656 and served on the State Coucil in 1637. Wood Church, near Petersburg, was named for him and was older than old Blandford Church.* The construction of Petersburg is described as follows:

Col. William Byrd gives a spirited account of his famous journey to the Land of Eden in 1733. He says: The company met for breakfast at Maj Mumford's; it consisted of seventeen men--of these, three were Ubduabsm abd three negroes--twenty horses and two dogs. Among the men, he says, were Maj. Mumford, Maj. Mayo, Capt. Peter Jones and Robert Bolling, all well-known citizens and able foresters. After the Major has cleared his pipes, he made a shift to truss up his baggage about 9 o'clock. Near the same hour, my old friend and fellow-traveler, Peter Jones, came to us completely accoutred. Then we fortified ourselves with a beeksteak, kiss our landlady for good luck, and mounted, about 10 o'clock. Tom Short had promised to attend us, but had married a wife and could not come. We crossed Thatcher's Run, Grantly Run, Stony Creek, and in twenty miles reached Sappony Chapel, where Mr. Bannister joined us. Thus agreeably reinforced, we proceeded ten miles further to Maj. Embrey's on the south side of Nottoway. The Major was ill of a purging and vomiting attended with fever, which had brought him low, but I prescribed a gallon or two of chicken broth, which washed him as clean as a gun and quenched his fever. Here Maj. Mayo met us well equipped for a march into the woods, brining a surveyor's tent that would have sheltered a small troop. Young Tom Jones came and made his excuse, but old Tom Jones, by the privilege of his age, neither came nor sent. *** When we got home we laid the foundation of two large cities, one at Shocco, to be called Richmond, the other at the point of Appomattox Run, to be called Petersburg. Thus we did not build castles only, but also cities in the air. A Genealogical History by Colonel Cadwallader Jones (1899), pp. 37-38.

Peter Jones was married to Margaret Wood, the daughter of Major-General Abraham Wood and his wife, Margaret, in 1663 in Surry County, Virginia. Margaret Wood was born ca 1638 in Henrico Co., Virginia and died in 1718 Henrico Co. The LWT of Margaret Jones Cocke dated 12 Aug 1718 probated 4 May 1719, Henrico Co., Va. was explicit in naming and leaving properties to grandchildren: Margaret, the wife of Edward Goodrich; Mary, wife of John Worsham; Peter Wynne; Margaret Jones; Peter Jones (son of my son, Abraham Jones, deceased); Joshua Wynne; William Wynne; Francis Wynne; William, the son of William Randolph. To son, Peter Jones. Mentioned husband, Thomas Cocke, deceased. Issue:

A. Peter Jones, Jr. died Jan 1726 in Bristol Parish, Prince George Co., Virginia.
Thomas Batte, on 9 May 1692, conveyed to Peter Jones, now of Henrico Co. (formerly Bristol Parish), 240 acres of land which is part of those plantations known by the name of "Old Town" bounded on the upper side of lands of Godfrey Ragsdale, on the lower side by the lands of John Bevil and on the other two sides by the woods and Appomattox River. 130 acres escheated in the name of Thomas Batte, 50 acres purchased of Godfrey Ragsdale, and the other 60 acres lying at the heads. Consideration: a tract of land in Charles City County now held by the said Peter Jones, which was surveyed by James Minge by order of the Governor and Council. (Henrico Co. Records, Vol. 5, p. 299).
On 1 Feb 1697 Peter Jones of Bristol Parish, Henrico Co., conveyed to Stephen Cocke the above tract of land in exchange for 200 acres lying on the southside of the Appomattox River in Charles City City which Thomas Batte, Sr. did give and grant to Stephen Cocke. Mary, the wife of Peter Jones, gave power of attorney to "my loving brother-in-law, James Cocke" to relinquish her dower rights in the land conveyed by her husband, Peter Jones to Stephen Cocke. (Henrico Co. Records, Vol. 1677-1704, p. 60-63).
Henrico County Records 1677-1704....the story was told by William Hatcher to William Puckett and Thomas Jefferson to the effect that Mrs. Bannister, the wife of Stephen Cocke, with nine other persons were hung to trees by tender hooks by the Indians and that Jack Come Last, an Indian belonging to Mr. Peter Jones, was drawn and quartered and thrown among them and that Mr. Cocke and Mr. Jones had gone aboard a vessel lying in the river. The matter proving false the said Edwaard Hatcher was called before the Justices and tried for spreading false alarms.
The Indian problems continued, however, with Capt. Peter Jones being appointed Lieutenant of Rangers in Prince George County on 25 Oct 1711. The complaint was that a gang of barbarous and lawless Indians were frequenting the frontiers with their crimes; for years, laying large waste, etc. This prompted the Lt. Governor to appoint lieutenants or commanders of the rangers of the frontiers.
Mary, the wife of Peter Jones was mentioned in the LWT of Major Peter Jones, Jan 1726 Bristol Parish.
It was through his father-in-law, General Abraham Wood, that Major Peter Jones was called to the falls of the Appommattox River in 1676 to fortify the garrisons on the Virginia frontier and to repel Indian disturbances. These are the Indian disturbances which led to Bacon's Rebellion. Major Peter Jones was put in charge of 57 men from Elizabeth City, Warwick and James City Counties. One of his sons, Abraham Jones, patented the Indian town land in 1683, which had adjoined General Abraham Wood.

Issue of Peter Jones, Jr. and his wife, Mary Batte:
1. Abraham Jones died before 1689/1690 in Charles City Co., Virginia because that year Nicholas Overbee was granted 323 acres of land in Bristol Parish, Charles City Co., near Rohowick at the corner of the late Colonel Wood, which is also the corner of the lands of the late Abraham Jones (Land Grants, Vol. 8, p. 77) . He was a Lieutenant in the Militia of 1683. 20 Nov 1683, Nicholas Spencer, Esq., President of the Council, and with its consent, granted to Abraham Jones, 1,217 acres of land in Bristol Parish, on the south side of the Appomattox River at the lower side of Major General Wood's lands called "Indian Town Lands", which was near one of the branches of Rohowick, the Main Run of the Southern Swamp, along the line of Major Gen. Wood's outward lands to where it falls upon the head line of Maj. Gen. Wood's Fort lands, to the uppermost corner of said Fort lands, thence to the Appomattox River, for the transportation of 25 person. Known children were Thomas, Major Peter and Abram Jones. Issue:

(a)Thomas Jones.

(b) Abram Jones had a son, Captain Peter Jones who married his cousin, Mary, the daughter of Major Peter Jones and his wife, Mary Wood, the daughter of General Abraham (Abram) Wood. (Henrico Papers)

(c) Major Peter Jones died 1734 in Dinwiddie Co., Va. Brunswick Co., Virginia deed dated 25 Jan 1752, from Cadwallader Jones of Williamsburg of Peter Jones of Prince George for 200 pds., 744 acres of land on the southside of the Nottoway River, which was devised by the said Cadwallader by his father, Peter Jones on 2 Nov 1726. The said Peter Jones had conveyed part of this tract to William Wynne. Wits: Frederick Jones and William Jones.
22 Dec 1714 Peter Jones of Prince George Co., son of Abraham Jones, deceased, conveyed to Abraham Jones of the same county, 34 acres of land along the line of Capt. Peter Jones to Brickhouse Run, thence to Burras Branch. Wits: Peter Jones, Sr., Peter Jones.
1 May 1715 Peter Jones, Jr. of Prince George Co. conveyed to William Jones of the same county, for 10,000 pds, acres on southside of Brickhouse Run at a branch next below William Jones; house, thence along the said Peter Jones' old line.
13 April 1719, Peter Jones, Jr. and Mary, his wife, conveyed to Richard Smith, 200 acres of land whereon he now lives, on the southside of Appomattox River adj. Martha Cocke, known as the "Indian Town", thence up the branch to William Jones' outermost line on the Otterdam, thence to Reedy Run and thence to the river.
1 Oct 1719 Robert Bolling surveyed for Peter Jones, Jr., 183 acres on the northside of the Nottoway River and on the upper side of Hurricane Swamp. This survey was returned by Robert Bolling who made a note on the plat that it was transferred to his son, Abraham Jones, by Peter Jones, son of Lt. Abraham Jones.
Major Peter Jones married Mary Jones in Oct 1688 in Malvern Hill, Henrico Co., Virginia. A deed dated 1697 from Peter Jones, the son of Abram Jones, and a power of attorney from Mary, the wife of Peter Jones. Issue:

i. Frederick Jones was born 4 December 1719 and married Betsey Eppes of Prince George County. Issue:

1-Frederick Jones of Dinwiddie County was born in 1749 and married Susannah Claiborne, born 1751, a daughter of Augustine Claiborne and his wife, Mary (Herbert)Claiborne: Issue: Betsey Eppes Jones married William Mason; and Mary Herbert Jones married John Withers of Dinwiddie County, born 1773.
2-Major Cadwallader Jones of Prince George County, 1755-1795, resided at Monte Cailoux of Prince George County. He was elected captain of the Third Regiment of Light Dragoons when 22 years of age (1777), which regiment consisted of Colonel George Baylor, Lieutenant-Colonel William Washington and Major Richard Call. He served with the regiment throughout the Revolutionary War, except when he served as Aide-de-Campe to General Lafayette during the memorable campaign of 1781, Brandywine and the surrender of Cornwallis. Lafayette presented him with a Toledo blade as a gesture of Jones' gallantry. Major Cadwallader Jones was married to Mary Pride, a daughter of Halcott Pride and his wife, Mary (Briggs) Pride of Virginia. Mary died in 1795. Their issue: Frederick Lafayette Jones; Halcott J. Jones; Cadwallader Jones; and Lucy Jones. The sons assumed the name of Pride at their uncle's request. Lucy, born in 1790, was an orphan at the age of 6 years. She resided with her aunt, Mrs. Lucy Straughn until her death and then taken to Mt. Gallant by General Allen Jones. She was married Major Allen J. Green.
3-Nancy Jones married Thomas Brodnax.
3-Sarah Jones married William E. Brodnax
4-Martha Jones married Augustine Caliborne. The Claiborne's had one son, Cadwallader Claiborne, who removed to Tennessee where he died in 1796.

ii. William Jones was born 25 March 1725.
iii. Cadwallader Jones was born 17 June 1728.
iv. Peter Jones was born 25 August 1731.

2. Mary Jones died 1718 Henrico Co., Virginia.
3. William Jones.
4. Ann Jones.
5. Margaret Jones.
6. Martha Jones.
7. Peter Jones.

B. Mary Jones.
C. Abraham Jones.
D. William Jones.
E. Thomas Jones died 1773 Amelia Co., Virginia m. Lucy Watson. Issue:

1. Joseph Jones.
2. Lucy Jones.
3. Mary Jones.
4. Sarah Jones.
5. Elizabeth Jones.

F. John Jones was named in the Petition of Thomas Blanton dated 3 June 1673 Charles City Co., Virginia, as being the grandson of David Jones.
G. Wood Jones.
H. Ann Jones.